Flood Risk Consultant

Flood Risk Consultant - Bath/BOA

£48,000-£58,000 DOE + Profit Share Bonus + Private Healthcare + Hybrid Working + Excellent Benefits

You will like

Leading flood risk, hydrology and water environment consultancy from Bradford-on-Avon, near Bath , with flexible hybrid / work-from-home (WFH) arrangements available.

You'll join a highly regarded specialist environmental consultancy delivering sustainable solutions across development, infrastructure, utilities, renewables, government, defence and other major sectors.

This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced Flood Risk Consultant / Principal Flood Risk Consultant / Hydrologist / Water Environment Consultant who wants more than simply delivering technical reports. You'll have genuine ownership of clients and projects, influence the development of the water environment capability and lead a talented specialist team.

You'll enjoy the agility and culture of an established specialist consultancy, backed by the resources, expertise and opportunities of a growing multidisciplinary environmental group.

You will like

The Flood Risk Consultant job itself, where you will act as a senior client-facing technical lead, taking ownership of water environment projects from initial scope through to successful delivery. More specifically:

• Leading Flood Risk Assessments (FRA), hydrological assessments and flood risk modelling

• Delivering drainage strategies, SuDS design , WFD assessments and ES chapters

• Supporting water quality, sediment quality, water resources and resilience projects

• Leading Flood Risk Activity Permit (FRAP) and wider environmental permitting work

• Providing technical input into flood preparedness strategies

• Managing project scope, fees, programmes, resources, risk, quality and profitability

• Leading client meetings, workshops, pre-application discussions and technical reviews

• Liaising confidently with planning authorities, regulators and statutory consultees

• Coordinating multidisciplinary project teams and specialist sub-consultants

• Providing pragmatic advice around planning, consenting, environmental risk and mitigation

• Managing and developing the in-house environment team

• Supporting proposals, tenders, repeat business and key client accounts

• Helping shape and grow the consultancy's wider water environment and flood risk capability This is a hands-on senior consultancy position where you can combine technical expertise with project leadership, client management and team development .

You will have

To be successful as Flood Risk Consultant / Principal Flood Risk Consultant , you will ideally have:

• Strong professional experience within flood risk, hydrology or water environment consultancy

• A relevant degree or postgraduate qualification

• Experience delivering hydrological and flood risk elements of multidisciplinary projects

• Knowledge of Flood Risk Assessments, drainage/SuDS and associated planning requirements

• Strong client-facing and stakeholder-management skills

• Experience managing projects, budgets, programmes and technical deliverables

• The ability to lead, support and develop other consultants

• Excellent written reporting and communication skills

• Sound commercial judgement and a pragmatic approach to environmental risk

• Chartered status such as CWEM or similar would be advantageous You may currently be working as a Flood Risk Consultant, Principal Flood Risk Consultant, Principal Hydrologist, Hydrology Consultant, Water Environment Consultant, Flood Risk Specialist or Water Resources Consultant .

You will get

As Flood Risk Consultant , you will enjoy a competitive package including:

• £44,000-£58,000 salary , depending on experience

• Annual profit-share bonus

• Hybrid working / flexible WFH arrangements

• Bupa Private Healthcare

• Employee Health Cashback scheme

• 36 days annual leave including bank holidays

• Up to 5 days external CPD allowance per year

• Internal training, mentoring and work-shadowing opportunities

• Professional membership fees paid

• Excellent office environment and wellbeing facilities You will be based from Bradford-on-Avon, near Bath , with flexible hybrid working available. The location is well positioned for candidates across Bath, Bristol, Wiltshire, Somerset and the wider South West .

This is a particularly strong opportunity if you are ready to step beyond pure technical delivery and want genuine influence over clients, projects, people and the future growth of a specialist water environment consultancy.

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